EHV-1 Outbreak: USDA Releases New Report
Erica Larson
June 9, 2011
A new USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service report was released yesterday, indicating that the rate
Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
A new USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service report was released yesterday, indicating that the rate
Texas lawmakers have passed legislation that defines the role of nonveterinarian equine dentists in that state
Uncle Mo continues to exhibit positive signs of improving health and is on target to resume light training in
Equine herpesvirus-1 is a highly contagious infection that can cause respiratory disease in weanlings and young horses, abortion in pregnant mares, and neurologic disease in adult horses. Herpesvirus is widespread in the equine population.
Owners should be aware of a potentially fatal tagalong in healthy-looking alfalfa hay: blister beetles.
Discussion of equine herpesvirus-1 neurologic disease and abortion, prevention, treatment and the latest research on preventing this disease in horses by Dr. Paul Lunn of Colorado State University.
A team of researchers from Brazil recently determined that the Cayenne tick, which frequents the southern U.S.
Horse owners and vets must use antimicrobials responsibly to help reduce bacterial drug resstance.
Owners often base plant choices in aesthetics, but toxicity should be considered when planting near horses.
Dermatitis–simply, skin inflammation–is relatively common in horses, whether its cause is an allergic
One EHV-1 authority shares the top five things horse owners should know about EHV-1.
A vaccine against the deadly Hendra virus, developed by a group of Australian scientists, is in the final
The American Quarter Horse Foundation will fund two equine research projects at the University of Kentucky
The study “Orthopedic and Genetic Roles in Wobbler Syndrome” is being carried out at the Gluck Equine Research
Horses with neurologic disease often receive oral vitamin E supplementation.
The “International Summit on Race Day Medication, EIPH, and the Racehorse” will begin June 13 at Belmont Park.
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